Resources Available to You From Your Library

View the online catalogs from over 20 Minnesota library systems and request materials. Please note that MnLink should ONLY be used after making sure the material you are requesting is not in the library catalog. If the item is in the library catalog MnLink can not be used to request the item.

HeritageQuest
Access from within a branch library.

Access from outside library (Library Barcode Required)
This genealogy database provides a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history.

Search ELM for magazine, newspaper, and journal articles, e-Books, and information from reference sources.

ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

Easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.  Elementary School Students.

Kids InfoBits

Current events, arts, science, health, people, government, history, and sports.
Kindergarten – grade 5

Access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.  High School Students.

Full text of over 14,000 electronic books in the arts, humanities, social sciences, life and physical sciences, business, computers and more. Includes Cliff's Notes.

Newspaper articles and abstracts from 300+ newspapers including the Star Tribune, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and many others

Union catalog of materials cataloged by libraries around the world.